Facilities

Engineering Program

What do Engineers do?

Engineering staff are responsible for maintenance and repair of the building and infrastructure
systems at Cañada College, College of San Mateo, and Skyline College. These systems
include the building envelope (roofs and exterior walls), foundation systems, interior
walls/floors/ceilings, heating/ventilating/air conditioning systems, electrical and
illumination systems, access controls, vertical transportation systems, fire and life
safety systems, energy management systems and automated building controls, plumbing
systems, etc.

One of the most critical activities our Engineering staff performs is preventive maintenance.
Preventive maintenance ensures that systems are in proper working order, increases
the service life of newly constructed or remodeled facilities. Preventive maintenance
is a solid investment: PM not only pays for itself, but it also produces a huge return.

$350,000 in preventive maintenance today equates to a net present value of over $17
million over the next 25 years

The return on investment of a PM program is 545%

Our Engineering staff are committed to Facilities Excellence. They are responsible
for maintenance and repair of:

Beginning in February 2002 and continuing through Spring 2004, we performed program
reviews of our Engineering operations. This program review allows us to develop best
business practices, to qualify and quantify what we do, and to do more with less by
working smarter - not harder.

San Mateo County CCD

SMCCCD are a three College District located between San Francisco and the Silicon Valley. Our Colleges serve more than 40,000 students each year and offer the first two years of instruction in a wide variety of transfer programs as well as more than 90 vocational-technical programs.